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Recently, there has been a virtual tsunami of articles about the so-called hidden dangers of using the Pokémon GO app. The vast majority of them concern potential violations of the privacy rights of both consumers and landmark-owners. The media’s Chicken Little-like...

I have previously written about the legal implications of augmented reality apps such as Pokémon Go. Mine was one of many articles on this topic, most of which decried the negative implications of AR technology. The basic premise was that society is not prepared to...

Is it abusive for a company alleging copyright infringement to uncloak the anonymity of users of adult content in an effort to embarrass them into settling marginal claims? That issue was considered by the Court in Amselfilm Productions v. Swarm, 6A6DC, 12-cv-3865. In...

Marilyn Monroe passed away in 1962. Her estate has zealously enforced her trademark and other intellectual property rights against those who would infringe upon it. However, there are other common law rights that might apply, such as the right of publicity, which...

Does the federal government have trademark rights, and can those rights be enforced by the military? The answer is yes and yes. In a recent New York Times article http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/25/us/as-wars-end-military-gives-its-trademarks-new-vigilance.html?_r=0 it...

Does a New Jersey county have trademark protection in its official seal? According to a federal judge, the answer is no. Judge Kevin McNulty recently ruled that the county could not stop a local citizen from using Union County’s seal in a television program in which...

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